NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's swimming and diving team garnered 2025-26 Spring Team Scholar All-America accolades, the College Swimming and Diving Association of America (CSCAA) announced. The Bulldogs had a sensational semester in the classroom, finishing second in the nation in team GPA.  The Bulldogs also had 20 athletes on the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team.
 
"I'm proud of the ongoing success we're achieving in the classroom," said Jim Henry, the Robert J.H. Kiphuth Coach of the Bulldogs. "Our student-athletes continue to demonstrate that, with the right support, effective time management, and determination, they can thrive academically at Yale while competing at the NCAA's highest level."
 
To earn the prestigious Scholar All-America accolades, teams were required to achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher during the Spring 2025 semester. 
 
Individually, to qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated at their national championship. Second-Team selections, must have also earned a 3.5 GPA or higher and met a "B" time standard for the national championship or qualified for a diving zone qualification meet.
 
The Yale selections:

• Charlie Egeland (1^st Team), Economics
• Jake Wang (1^st Team), Undeclared
• Mak Nurkic Kacapor (1^st Team), Global Affairs
• Noah Millard (1^st Team), Economics
• Brady Stanton (2^nd Team), Computer Science
• Nick Finch (2^nd Team), Economics
• Jackson Lipscomb (2^nd Team), Computer Science
• Isac Faxius (2^nd Team), General Studies
• Nicholas Chau (2^nd Team), History
• Elliot Lee (2^nd Team), Economics
• Alexander Hazlett (2^nd Team), History
• Nareg Minassian (2^nd Team), Chemistry
• Crash Ackerly (2^nd Team), Undeclared
• Konstantinos Zachariadis (2^nd Team), History
• Kavin Li (2^nd Team), Undeclared
• Manoli Mountantonakis (2^nd Team), Applied Mathematics
• Arshak Hambardzumyan (2^nd Team), Economics
• Lucius Brown (2^nd Team), Computer Science & Mathematics
• Lars Kuljus (2^nd Team), Mechanical Engineering
• Jose Cano (2^nd Team), Engineering Science Enviornmental